Biomedical applications of Moessbauer spectroscopy

This review considers analytical possibilities of Moessbauer spectroscopy in biomedical research. The results of various biomedical applications of Moessbauer spectroscopy were grouped as quantitative and qualitative studies of biological molecules during molecular diseases, studies of the effect of environmental factors on biological molecules, studies of metabolic processes with Moessbauer elements, studies of dynamic properties, studies of pharmaceuticals containing Moessbauer elements. These results demonstrate wide possibilities of Moessbauer spectroscopy in analysis of various biologically important species for obtaining information about the molecular nature of diseases and pathological processes. (author)